CURRENT MISSION

My mission in life is to treat others the way I would like to be treated and hopefully meet some nice people along the way.

ABOUT ME

I am 56 on the outside and probably about 25 on the inside. I love to travel and see new things. I prefer travel to "Third World Countries" I would rather be with the locals than stay in a hotel like the ones down town.

PHILOSOPHY

I am a live and let live kind of guy. Just about anything is fine with me as long as it doesn't bother anyone else. I like people that are easy going and enjoy life and like to laugh a lot. If you follow politics, Ron Paul is my hero.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have lived in cars and and out under the stars
in ditches and canyons and abandoned houses, basements, attics and in a jeep without a motor. I lived in a condemned house in Colorado with about 15 Mexican Nationals. They were some of the nicest and most sincere people I have ever met. I have been sleeping on my own couch for the last 5 years I think it may be time to try someone else's. :)

Interests

Besides the obvious I enjoy Craft Brewed Beer. My tasting friends and I have sampled over 500 so far. I enjoy entertaining and I am a huge fan of the blues. I also enjoy movies. I live in a four room house but one room is a "movie theater"

• theater
• beer
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• cars
• blues
• medicine
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

There are so many movies, Dinner Rush, Forrest Gump, Platoon, Blood Diamond, The Bourne series, Lawrence Of Arabia, Touching the Void etc. (You can watch them all if you stay long enough) :)

Books
On the Road, Dharma Bums, Electric Koolaid Acid Test, Once a Great Notion,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hmmm amazing things. I once rode my bicycle from Miami Florida to Los Angles California to help raise money for the US Olympic Training Centers. I was the First-Aid/Massage man for two people that ran all the way.
I climbed Huayna Picchu it's not terribly dangerous but being able to look for a mile straight down is pretty cool.
Once I made the mistake of taking bread back to my hut down in the Amazon and had a midnight "visitor" walk across the roof and come down in to my sleeping area. When the sun came up what ever it was had chewed a hole in the back pocket of my pants and made off with my bread. I still have no idea what it was but I was VERY quiet until it decided to leave. I used to do a lot of "cross country" hitchhiking.
Oh yeah I was on fire one time...

Teach, Learn, Share

I studied Massage at the Mueller College of Massage in San Diego California and traveled to China to study Tuina which is a major component of Chinese medicine. I still have my table and I am willing to share what I may have learned along the way.

As I said before I am a fan of Great Beer from all over the world. I can probably come up with something you have never had before including a taste of Utoipas.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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